USA Basketball stunned by Lithuania, but World Cup hopes still alive.
Plagued by slow starts throughout the FIBA World Cup, the Americans suffered their first defeat of the summer on Sunday when a hot-shooting Lithuanian team took control in the game’s opening minutes and never looked back.Lithuania defeated the United States 110-104 at the Mall of Asia Arena in the Philippines, dropping the Americans to 4-1 in the group stage. The emphatic result sent Lithuania into the quarterfinals as Group J’s No. 1 seed and left USA Basketball as the No.
But that new-and-improved lineup was no match early for Lithuania, which led by 21 points early in the second quarter and held a 54-37 lead at halftime. As Lithuania’s shooters went 9-9 on three-pointers to start the game, the Americans struggled to find their rhythm and leaned heavily on Anthony Edwards for their first-half offense. Jaren Jackson Jr.
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